The Anaheim City Council has unanimously approved the addition of Spanish language interpreting services at all future City Council meetings for a one-year trial period.City staff will provide the Spanish language interpreter services during the public…

Nataly Kelly helps to dispel these misconceptions: Being bilingual is enough to make you a translator or an interpreter, interpreters and language translators do the same thing, or such language professionals are usually multilingual. Picking up where …

The translation of language impacts nearly every aspect of society, politics and economics. But you may be surprised to learn that the translation market is highly diverse and complex – and much larger than you might imagine.In this three-part post, …

…or the one where I create a plan to catch up with some of the interesting language-related stories that I wasn’t able to get to over the past month.I’ve been blogging for nearly 7 years now, and I would say that actually writing a blog post …

For companies that export, it’s important to have foreign language speakers on staff – but they can’t cover all your bases.Results of 2007 research are currently being used to bring home the stunning cost of poor foreign language skills to Britis…

Successful foreign language use requires not only knowledge, but communicative skills.I don’t know if it’s a European thing, but suddenly I’m hearing the term “soft skills” everywhere. According to Whatis.com, a specializ…

Recent industry news suggests that apps may be the key to raising multi-lingual offspring. What’s the real story?I was intrigued by an article that came across my news alerts: “Six-Year Old Girl on Track to Learn 4th Language,” published …

A media expert argues that a “one-size-fits-all” approach Hispanic-oriented marketing won’t cut it anymore.As we have already pointed out in this blog, Spanish language translation is not enough to target Hispanic-American consumers. Of course, i…

You may have learned to answer this type of question in grade school, and at least some of what you think you know is likely wrong.Many countries have several official languages, and most of us know…well, most of us at least know that Canada is offic…

Amazon’s deliciously low-tech e-reader can be put to use for travel translation.As summer approaches, a lot of virtual ink is being spilled about the best translation apps for smartphones and tablet computers. So, is the Kindle totally off of the trave…